Decentralized Autonomous Kitchen
D.A.K.
A shared kitchen,
organized together.
A digital platform that brings cooking schedules, shared responsibilities, recipes, ingredients, expenses and kitchen communication into one place.
meet Dakara, the cozy cloud chef ↑
The problem
Shared kitchens are difficult to organize.
Cooking together is easy. Organizing everything around it is not.
- Duties coordinated through group chats, spreadsheets and whiteboards.
- Shift exchanges and cancellations are hard to track.
- Responsibilities become unevenly distributed.
- Shopping, ingredients and leftovers are managed separately.
- Shared expenses become confusing.
- Important information gets lost across channels.
The platform
One platform for the entire shared kitchen.
Shift scheduling and coordination
Fair distribution of cooking and cleaning
Meal planning and recipes
Dietary requirements and allergen awareness
Shopping, ingredients and stock
Shared expenses and cost tracking
Leftover management
Communication and notifications
AI-supported coordination through Dakara
How it works
From joining the kitchen to sharing the work.
Join
Create a profile with availability, stay dates, skills and optional dietary needs.
Organize
A weekly overview of meals, cooking shifts and cleaning duties.
Participate
Pick shifts, see teammates and manage weekly commitments.
Coordinate
Swaps, cancellations, cover requests and reminders – all in the platform.
Manage
Recipes, shopping, stock, expenses and leftovers tied to daily activity.
Review
See weekly activity, contributions, meals and costs together.
Smart shift management
A fairer way to share responsibilities.
Cooking and cleaning commitments become visible and manageable.
Fair-share balancing
Shifts carry different weights by difficulty or workload. The system tracks contributions over time and spreads demanding and easier shifts more evenly.
Staffing and skills
Meals can require experienced cooks or specific skills — so every team has the right capabilities.
Meals & resources
Organizing the food, not just the people.
Recipes
- Shared recipe library
- Quantities scale to attendance
- Recipe proposals from members
Dietary needs
- Preferences and restrictions
- Allergen information
- Conflict alerts
Shopping & stock
- Purchases by store and category
- Stock adjusts when cooked
- Auto shopping lists
Leftovers
- Photograph remaining food
- Quantities and use-by dates
- Ideas to reuse ingredients
hi, I'm Dakara!AI kitchen assistant
Meet Dakara.
The AI agent in the D.A.K. Kitchen backend, quietly supporting everyday kitchen coordination — within community rules, and always reviewable.
- Suggests shifts by workload and availability
- Monitors unanswered cover requests
- Identifies dietary conflicts
- Sends reminders for upcoming duties
- Alerts on understaffed meals
- Reads shopping bills and leftover photos
"Save me a plate, I'm running late." — voice coming soon
Shared costs
Making shared kitchen finances transparent.
Everyone can see what the kitchen costs and how expenses are shared.
Purchase recorded
Store, category and who paid
Shared by meals attended
Guests included if the kitchen chooses
Balances calculated
Who owes whom, against the budget
Settled up
Paid outside the app · recorded inside it
Important: the app calculates and records balances. Actual payments take place outside the app.
Who it serves
Designed for different ways of living and gathering.
Start simple
Easy mode
- Weekly shift scheduling
- Cooking and cleaning duties
- Swaps and cancellations
- Team messages and reminders
Grow
Full kitchen functionality
- Recipes
- Inventory
- Shared costs
- Leftovers
- Guests and events
Scale
Organization accounts
- Co-living operators with multiple houses
- Retreat organizations
- Communities with several kitchens
- Event houses and temporary spaces
Privacy & integrations
Designed for real communities and connected systems.
Privacy & data protection
- Minimal personal data
- Consent-based dietary info
- Data export and deletion
- EU storage, GDPR-oriented
Accessibility & usability
- Mobile-first experience
- Light and dark modes
- English, Português, Español
- Simplified Easy mode
External connections
- CSV and spreadsheet imports
- Public API and webhooks
- Automation platforms
- Calendar feeds
Pricing
Start simple. Grow when you need to.
Free
Single kitchen
- One kitchen in Easy mode
- Weekly shift scheduling
- Swaps and cancellations
- Basic reminders
Paid
Kitchen modules
- Recipes and meal management
- Stock and shared costs
- Staffing rules and cover escalation
- Live notifications
Paid
Organizations
- Multiple kitchens
- Roles and custom permissions
- Kitchen templates
- Advanced integrations and API